Car-seat.



J. E. SMITH. CAR SEAT.

I APPLICATION FILED APR. 30. 19l5.

Patented Nov. 30, 1915,

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LE. SMITH.

CAR SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 30. I915.

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1 3O 25 29 jnven'ov ".7 run sra rns mama orrron JESSE E. SMITH, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO OSGOOD BRADLEY CAR COMPANY, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

CAR-SEAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

Application filed April 30, 1915. Serial No. 25,035;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Jnssn E. SMITH, a

and useful Car-Seat, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a car seat and particularly to improved. devices for supporting and actuating a movable foot rest associated therewith.

In the construction and operation of reversible cross seats in passenger cars, it has been found desirable to provide a foot rest at the back of each seat for thecomfort and convenience'of the passenger in the seat immediately to the rear thereof. \Vhen the seat is reversed, as by throwing over the back, it is then necessary to provide a foot rest under the opposite edge of the seat. It.

was the former practice to accomplish this 7 res lt by provid ng a fixed foot rest under each edge of the seat. This arrangement however interferedmaterially with the placing of hand baggage beneath the seats and also with the effective cleaning of the cars.

Various arrangements were therefore pro posed for removing the forward foot rest from operative position. been found to be most conveniently and effectively attained by using a single foot rest pivoted to swing beneath the seat and by providing suitable connections from the foot rest to the movable back and seat cushion whereby movement of the back and cushion to either position will result in simultaneous movement of the foot rest to a corresponding position.

It is the object of my invention to ima prove the actuating mechanism for foot rests of the latter type, by which improvements the construction is simplified and the efficiency of operation is materially increased.

With this object in view my invention relates to certain devices, arrangements and combinations of parts which will be herein-' after described and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

A preferred form of the invention is shown in the drawings, in which V Figure l is a front elevation of a car seat embodying my improvements; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken along the line 22 in Fig. 1; Figs. 3 and 4: are views simi- This result has lar to Fig. 2 but showing the parts in different relative positions; Fig. 5 is a partial longitudinal sectional view taken along the line 55 in Fig. 3, and Fig. 6 is a partial sectional View similar to Fig. 4 but having the foot rest and its supporting arms removed to show the operation of therocker actuating mechanism.

Referring to Fig. 1 I have shown my improved mechanism as embodied in'a car seat having end frames 10 and 11 firmly secured together by cross bars 12 and 13. The back 14 is carried by supporting arms 15 and 16 each provided .With a pair of'outwardly eX- tending cylindrical lugslT (Figs. 2 and 5), each pair of lugs being slidable in a cam groove 18 formed in the inner face of one of the end frames 10 or 11. As the back is thrown over from one edge of .the seat to the other, its path of travel and its angular position is defined by the lugs 17 and the cam grooves 18.

At their extreme ends the grooves 18 may be provided with depressed portions 19 within which one of each pair of lugs 17 is received as the back reachesits limit of travel in either direction. The depressions 19 tend to secure the back against accidental displacement and they also serve to increase the inclination of the back when in its final position. r

The seat cushion 20 is supported'upon a pair of rocker plates 21 (Figs. 1 and 2). each provided with oppositely inclined surfaces 22 and abutments 23 upon its lower edge. The inclined surfaces22 are designed to rest upon the cross bars 12 and 13, the cross bars being slightly cut away if necessary to provide a bearing for the rocker-plates. The abutments 23 are adapted to engage the outer faces of the cross bars 12 and 13 to limit the movement of the rocker-plates in either direction.

Actuating connections are provided between the back supporting arms 15 and 16 and the rocker-plates 21, by which the rocker-plates are moved simultaneously with the back but in a direction opposite thereto. These connections each comprise a lever 24 (Figs. 5 and 6) secured to a cross shaft 25 supported in bearingsin the end frames 10 and 11. A stud 26 is mounted upon the inner side of the lowerend of each back supporting arm 15 and l6 and projects through a slot 27 in the upwardly extending arm of 

